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Summary:
The producer and Neon Neon cofounder's first solo credited album in six years features appearances from Cate Le Bon, Franz Ferdinand's Alex Kapranos, Red Hot Chili Peppers' Josh Klinghoffer, Money Mark, Mike Noyce, Empire of the Sun's Luke Steele, and Warpaint.
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- Record Label: Lex
- Genre(s): Electronic, Techno, Downbeat, Experimental Techno
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Oct 4, 2011The 10-minute penultimate track "Tumtum," in particular, is a tiny masterpiece of mood, stamina, and insistent rhythm, built sparingly on overlapping percussion and waves of sound. More of this kind of thing is what will squeak Boom Bip farther from the then and the now, and closer to what comes afterward.
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Sep 27, 2011Zig Zaj is predictably unpredictable, something else again for the artist.
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The WireDec 6, 2011Abstract hiphop-heads might be turned off by the slick machismo, but others will have some good dirty fun. [Oct 2011, p.65]
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UncutOct 3, 2011[It is] an eclectic patchwork of cinematic techno-rock and beat-heavy vocal tunes featuring stray members of the Chili Peppers, Warpaint and more. [Oct 2011, p.81]
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Under The RadarNov 9, 2011Although Zig Zaj has a couple of strong songs that will likely find good homes on public radio and progressive dance floors, it sounds more like a collection of individual tracks than an actual album. [Oct. 2011, p. 112]
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Q MagazineNov 8, 2011This third full-length solo record is a rich blend of different genres that, despite its rampant eclecticism, never jars. [Nov. 2011, p. 128]
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Oct 18, 2011The end result lumps the worst banalities of "indie" music into electronic sounds that, if properly fleshed out, might have been interesting.